Archive for the 'Colour' Category
Choosing the right colour palette
If you have a look around the web, you’ll notice that most websites have one or two main colours and then a few others are used as accents. Most of us, when working on a new design, have one or two colours to start with and then we need to find a few others. Finding the right colour palette can be quite difficult.
Kuler.com is by far the funkiest tool I’ve seen so far for creating palettes. They’ve also created a community where members can create palettes, publish them and these can then be rated. Their selection of highest rated palettes would be a great place to start on your next design project.
11 Great colour legends
Ever wonder why stop signs are red, black is associated with death, blue is a colour for boys, while pink is for girls? Darius at Colorlovers wrote a great article explaining where these colour associations came from. A fascinating read for anyone interested in the meaning of colour.
The Meaning of Colours
Following up on Christine’s recent post on colour inspiration, I thought I’d share this neat tutorial I came across recently: Colour in Motion. The Movies section in particular is a good little bit of edu-tainment.
This site is an entertaining way to learn about the meaning associated with different colours. In addition to the feeling you might get from a colour, it’s good to keep in mind that colour meaning is not only an individual thing but a very cultural thing as well. The author alludes to that in “The Stars” section, by listing some associations from around the world.
Colour Inspiration for your next Website
When planning your website or brand, colour is very important. Should you go for a safe conservative colour, bold, flashy, neutral…? Colour is very important and can influence peoples’ perception of your company. Once you have a colour in mind you may want to view a few websites that use the colour you have chosen and see what they’ve done.
The folks at Tutorial bog, have been compiling such lists for a while. Here are some colour choices that may help you decide if your colour will work: